David K. Israel
Star Wars Behind The Scenes: 40 Rare Photos
by David K. Israel - September 6, 2011 - 12:42 PM

Today, I present some rarely seen photos of Star Wars behind the scenes. Candid moments, funny moments, serious moments… all combine to give you a real sense of what it must have been like on the set. For even more images, check out malgusto.com. Some of these appear to be screen grabs from video, but that’s okay. We’ll still lump them in here because they’re worth it.

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Comments (26)

  1. ooohh…..I like the one of Han on Tattoine.

    posted by dianeygirl on 9-6-2011 at 12:57 pm

  2. Well, this proves it. Star Wars was faked.

    posted by Ego Nemo on 9-6-2011 at 1:29 pm

  3. friggin awesome!

    posted by Blondyy on 9-6-2011 at 1:44 pm

  4. Hello, shirtless Han Solo on the largest beach ever. Come here often?

    posted by Hannah on 9-6-2011 at 1:59 pm

  5. amazing, this made my stressful day

    posted by evan on 9-6-2011 at 2:40 pm

  6. Incidental nose-picking is always a pick-me-up: “I was scratching my nose!”

    posted by Tim on 9-6-2011 at 3:01 pm

  7. Who’s the lovely lady in the boots on Tatooine?

    posted by Wookienookie on 9-6-2011 at 3:07 pm

  8. Should only be 39 rare photos since the one of the group in the base on Hoth is shown twice

    posted by Carbs on 9-6-2011 at 3:14 pm

  9. It’s sort of funny to me to see that second last pic with all the Stormtroopers and their puffy near-fro’s. How do they keep them so fluffy under the helmet?

    posted by Bert on 9-6-2011 at 3:18 pm

  10. Girl on Tatooine is Koo Stark – played Cammie and all her scenes were cut from the film

    posted by GLucas on 9-6-2011 at 3:21 pm

  11. I love the one of Harrison Ford in the desert. He was my first totally inappropriate celebrity crush just because he was Han Solo (I was 8 the first time I watched Star Wars back in 1990).

    posted by goog on 9-6-2011 at 3:25 pm

  12. Well, I thought I had trolled the depths of behind-the-scenes Star Wars photos, but almost all of these were new to me! Thanks for posting!

    posted by Stephanie on 9-6-2011 at 4:16 pm

  13. The first three episodes (4-6) were clearly the best as far as I’m ooncerned. The actors had a chemistry the newer prequels can’t even begin to match. Honestly, it would have been better to leave it alone rather than go back and give us 1-3. All the cgi in the world couldn’t make up for what the first episodes had.

    posted by Kent on 9-6-2011 at 4:45 pm

  14. @Carbs – good eye! Fixed it :-)

    posted by David K. Israel on 9-6-2011 at 5:02 pm

  15. It always bothers me when I see “rare” photos, songs, videos, etc. on the Internet. How can they be “rare” if anyone on the planet can find them and look at them whenever they want?

    Wouldn’t it be more accurate to call them “newly released” or something like that?

    posted by Also J on 9-6-2011 at 7:38 pm

  16. I hope george lucas dies and stops editing my childhood. im glad the guy who made all the stormtrooper costumes is still making bank off of them. PREQUELS BLOW.

    posted by Matthew J on 9-6-2011 at 8:05 pm

  17. I second the “Hello, shirtless Han Solo on the largest beach ever. Come here often?”

    My goodness, Mr. Ford!

    posted by Eugenie on 9-6-2011 at 9:38 pm

  18. ^Wookienookie: I believe it’s Koo Stark, who was in the “Luke and Biggs on Tattooine” deleted scene from Ep. 4.

    posted by Umptyscope on 9-6-2011 at 9:41 pm

  19. Love the skinned chewy!

    posted by Alan on 9-7-2011 at 6:22 am

  20. Goog: Me too! My dad took me to see the anniversary re-release in ’97, when I was 10, and I remember we see Han lounging in that cafe like a bad ass, and I went, “I don’t know why, but I want to see that man completely naked. I’m heterosexual!”

    posted by Karen on 9-7-2011 at 9:26 am

  21. Yeah, shirtless Han Solo in the desert is something to behold! Although, given all the greased up, 6-pack action figure heroes in movies today, it says something that Han Solo could still be dead sexy even though he was completely clothed throughout the entire 3 movies. :)

    Also love (and am slightly disturbed by) Leia about to make out with C-3PO! Ha!

    posted by Tarn on 9-7-2011 at 1:03 pm

  22. For a second, I thought the guy in the fourth photo was a post-Beatles George Harrison…Love the photos!

    posted by M on 9-7-2011 at 5:21 pm

  23. I absolutely love that pic of Camie!! The girl on Tatooine you don’t remember seeing in Star Wars because her scenes were cut ;)

    posted by Dex on 9-8-2011 at 9:14 am

  24. I find the empty Wookie costume to be quite disturbing.

    posted by sko on 9-8-2011 at 1:20 pm

  25. Im not gonna lie I would like to see episodes 9,10,11…

    posted by CJ on 9-11-2011 at 8:07 pm

  26. Always wanted a storm trooper suit as a kid (and actually I’d still quite like one as an adult!). I wonder if any of these are still kicking around. There seem to be plenty of helmets out there…

    posted by Tom on 9-16-2011 at 9:20 am

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